Evaluation of interventions to improve markets for rural dairy households of Ethiopia: Evidence through system dynamics approach.

ABSTRACT: There is a growing consensus that improving market access for smallholder farmers will help them earn more income and enhance food security. In this respect, we employed system dynamics approach to evaluate interventions to expand market access for the traditional system dairy producers in West Shewa zone, Oromia region, Ethiopia. Investment by dairy cooperatives in milk collection capacity and/or raising the price of milk for producers are the interventions identified in the study. These interventions were assessed ex-ante for impacts on (1) milk collection and dairy enterprise balance for dairy cooperatives and (2) milk production and profitability of dairying for producers. Analysis results show that compared to the baseline, the interventions can increase milk production by 17 to 57 %,

SUBMITTER: Temesgen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10826652 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature